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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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